Hi folks, Joy and jubilation! Durham and Nth Yorkshire are released. My father was easily found on the 1911 census, aged 21 and living in the house in Ferryhill I have actually seen on two UK visits, with his uncle and aunt. No surprises there. I had wondered who had filled in the census form, seeing his uncle was not the greatest at reading and writing. Well, it was Dad himself. Therefore hs name correct, not Thomas or Tomas, as earlier ennumerators had written. Like his uncle, and later a nephew and great nephew, he is just Tom. However the occupation is my query - I did not ask enough questions. Can someone explain what a hand putter does. His uncle is a hewer. I will follow through with further queries as I collate the info. Shirley Thomson New Plymouth New Zealand Researching: SIMPSON, WRIGHT, CLARKE (Bedale, Yks), RAW, BEAN (Bradford & Swaledale, Yks), FLOWER, HARRISON, LAMBERT, SCORER (Co Durham), ASHDOWN, ARNSBY, CAMP (London & Middlesex), TREWEEK, CHAPMAN, PRYNN, LOBB (Cornwall), FERGUSS0N, CLARK, BLACKLEY, RODDAN (Dumfriesshire), THOMSON, SCOTT (Angus)
Hi, Here is a link to th Durham Mining Museum's list of occupations may help! http://www.dmm.org.uk/educate/mineocc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ---- From: Shirley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 18 March, 2009 8:02:46 AM Subject: [DUR-NBL] Mining putter Hi folks, Joy and jubilation! Durham and Nth Yorkshire are released. My father was easily found on the 1911 census, aged 21 and living in the house in Ferryhill I have actually seen on two UK visits, with his uncle and aunt. No surprises there. I had wondered who had filled in the census form, seeing his uncle was not the greatest at reading and writing. Well, it was Dad himself. Therefore hs name correct, not Thomas or Tomas, as earlier ennumerators had written. Like his uncle, and later a nephew and great nephew, he is just Tom. However the occupation is my query - I did not ask enough questions. Can someone explain what a hand putter does. His uncle is a hewer. I will follow through with further queries as I collate the info. Shirley Thomson New Plymouth New Zealand Researching: SIMPSON, WRIGHT, CLARKE (Bedale, Yks), RAW, BEAN (Bradford & Swaledale, Yks), FLOWER, HARRISON, LAMBERT, SCORER (Co Durham), ASHDOWN, ARNSBY, CAMP (London & Middlesex), TREWEEK, CHAPMAN, PRYNN, LOBB (Cornwall), FERGUSS0N, CLARK, BLACKLEY, RODDAN (Dumfriesshire), THOMSON, SCOTT (Angus) ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== To Post a message to this list send it to, [email protected] ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== List Web Page http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message